Brake for talking-machines.



w. N. DENNISON. BRAKE FOR TALKING MACHINE$.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, i911.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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WlTNE-SSES ATTORNEf- W. N. DENNISON.

BRAKE FOR TALKlNG MACHINES.

APPLICAIION FILED JULY 29. 15!].

1,21 9,380. Patented'Ma-r. 13, 1917.

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INVENTOR Wham/"Mfg 150m,

Patented Mar. 13, 1917 W. N. DENNISON.

BRAKE FOR TALKING MACHINES.

APFLIEATION FILED JULY 29. IBM.

1 ,21 9.380. Pm ented Mar. 13, 1917.

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HVVENTOR PM Z6112; N D317 rujmn WITNESSES h ATTORNEY WIIJIBUR N 1v. nnnmson, or mERcnAMrvI LE BOROUGH, NEVJERSEY, ASSIGNOR 'ro vIo'ro'B. TALKING MACHINE COMPANY, A COBPOBATIOII or NEW JERSEY.

BRAKE FOR TALKING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Intent.

Patented Mar. 13, 191'?- Original application filed September 8, 1910, Serial No; 581,022. Divided ant this application filed my 29,

1911. Serial N0, 841,274. 6

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WVILBURN' N. DnNNI- SON, a citizen of the United States, and a.

resident of. the borough of Merchantville,

county of Camden, and State of NewJersay, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrakes for Ta1king-Ma chines, of which the following is-a full, clear, and exact disclosure, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, this application being a division of my application, Serial Number 581,022, filed September 8,

mental-y top in which the braking action will take place gradually and with gradually increasing force; to provide :an improved brake, the main portion of which is adapted to be ar ranged, beneath a turn-table, and which is adapted to engage against the inner sin-lace of an annular downwardly projecting flange provided therefor Q the turn-table; and to provide other improvements as will appear ereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective of a'bruke constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 a fragmentary top plan view of the same showing the brake in inoperative position; Fig. 3 a top plan view of the same showing the brake in operative position Figs. t and 5 are perspectives of details of the same; Fig. 6 is'a fragmentary side elevation, partly in vertical section, of a portion of the same; Figs. 7 and 8 are fraglan views showing a modified form of this invention in operative-and inoperative position, respectively; and Figs.

9 and 18 are fragmentary views of a modi-- any suitable casingor cabinet 1, containing the usual actuating mechanism for rotating the usual flat circular turn-table 4, arranged above the upper side of the casin 1,- and provided with a d( wvnwardly exten ing marginal annular fin age or rim 5, having a. cylindrical inner surface 6, coaxial of the axis of rotation of -the turn-table. The

talking machine in provided with the usual Within the margiial flange 5 thereof, is a plate 15, which forms a base or support for" some of the'movable portions of this improved brake. This plate is detachablyse cured to the upper surface of the upper side of the motor casing 1 b other suitable me: Ll'lS, an has an upwardly projecting ear 17 it one end, provided with a circular aperture 18 forming abearing for a reduced end 19 of a rock-shaft 20,

the shoulder bet een this reduced end and '75 the main portion of the shaft being in engagement with the inner surface of the car. 17, to prevent movement of the shaft 1011-,

gitudinally toward the ear. The shaft 20" I preferably extends rearwardly obliquely of St) the casing 1 and parallel to the upper surface-of the casing, the rear portion of the shaft being rotatably supported in a bearmg 22, arranged beneath the turn-table, and

detachably connected to the upper side of 86 the casing by screws 23, through suitable means. To prevent longitudinal movement of the shaft 20 re: rwardly, a collar 24 is adjustably secured to the shaft by means of a set screw 25, the collar being arranged to bear against the front end of the bearing' 22, a-recess 26 be n'g provided in the upper sid'e,'of the cash g beneath the collar, in which. the collar is freely rotatable. On

the rear end of the shaft 20, and in the'rear 95 of the bearing 22, is rigidly secured a collar 7 27 having projecting rearwardly down-.

wardly therefrom and rigid therewith, a stud 28 forming crank whereby the shaft 20 may be rotatei automatically by means 100.

to be hereinafter described, the upper side of the casingbei ng'provided with a suitable recess. 1

Afbrake-shoe or pad 30 is located beneath theturn-table and adjacent the internal sur face of the rim 5 of the turn-table 1. This brake-shoe 30 is mounted upon the free end; of one branch 01 an angular arm or hell 1 1 screws 16 or by- 7b crank .lever ,31, the other branch of which is pivoted adjacent its outer end to the base 15 of the brake upon a vertical stud 32, this latter branch of the lever being mounted to slide horizontally about its pivot in a horizontal slot 33, formed in the forward edge of an upturned portion 34 of the base 15, the walls of the slot 33 forming a guide for the arm as it oscillates.

To oscillate the brake-pad in a horizontal plane about its pivot 32, to throw it intoand out of engagement with the internal cylindrical surface (5 of the rim 5 of the ti'irn-table, a flat link 35 is pivoted at one end to the arm 31,adjaeent its vertex in the rear of the pad-30 by a vertical headed pin-' tle'36, and at its other end to a laterally movable vertical .pintle 37, to which is also pivoted one end of a flat link'38, the other end of which extends rearwardly and is loosely and slidably mounted in a horizontal slot 39, of an upturned portion or hearing 40, of the base 15. The rear end of the latter link 38 is provided with apin-ll in the rear of its bearing 40, and between the bearing 40 and the pintle 37, this link is surrounded by a compressed spiral spring 42, which normally forces this link forwardly and keeps the pin 41 at the rear end of the link.always in engagement with the rear surface of the bearing 40.

e 'The' two links 35 and 38, and their connecting pintle 37, are combined in the form of a toggle joint which is actuatedliy an intermediate link 45, one end of which is pivoted upon the pintle 37 and the other end of which extends inwardly and is provided with a stud 46, rigidtherewith, whieli,pro-

' jects above and below this link. The upper end-of the stud 46 engages loosely in an oblon slot 47 of a hand-lever 48. which is.

pivoted intermediate of its ends on the vertical stud 32, whichis rigid with the base 15 oithe brake, and to which the brake-pad 30 is also pivoted," as hereinbefore described. The lower end ofthe stud 46 engages snugly but rotatively in an aperture provided therefor in a secondary lever-'50, intermediate the ends thereof. One end of this secondary lever is pivoted below the handdover 48 upon the stud 32, upon which the haml-lever is mounted to oscillate. This secondary 'lever 5'10 is thus movable independently of-the handdever 48,. through a. distance equal to the free inovement of the upper end of the stud 46, in the oblong slot 47-ot' the handlever. The outer portion of the hand-lever 48 is loopeddownwardly, as atwil, freely below the under edge of the rim 5 of the turntable, to permit the free movement'of the lever,.and then projects outwardly in the form ,of a handle 52.

- For guiding the inner end 55 oftheh'andlever and the-inner end 56 of the secondary lever to more in parallel horizontal planes,

of the inner end 55 of the hand-lever, and' the lower one 62 of which has a width equal to the thickness of the inner end 56 of the secondary lever. llhe outer ends of these slots terminate in substantially the same vertical planes, and the slots are of suflie'ientl length to permit of the necessary movements of the levers. v

For automatically swinging the brakeshoe 30 into an operative position from an inoperative position, a spiral spring or other yielding member (35 is connected at one .end

to the secondary lever 50 intermediate of its ends, and at its other end to the upturned portion 17 of the base plate 15. This yielding member 65 is preferably maintained at all times under a tension tending to elongate the same, and tends to draw the free end of the secmidary lever rearwardly to actuate through the link 45 and pintle 37, the two links 35 and 38 of'the toggle joint controlling the movement of the brake-pad 3O.

For holding the brake-shoe 30 in inoperative position, a catch is provided which comprises an oblong flat crank-arm 70,-arranged upon the inside of and in sliding contact with the upturned portion ($0 of the base 15. The inner end of this catch is pro- \ided with a. hub or collar 71,'rigid therewith. surronnd'ingthe rock-shaft 20 and deoblong slot 75, extending longitudinallyof the plate. 'lheinner portion of this sl'ot'75 is substantially the same width as the thickness of the vtree end ofthe' secondary lever 50. and the lower wall of this slot is recessed wardly by means of a spiral spring 77, sur-' rounding the, rock-shaft 20 between the.

catch-plate 7O andthe front bearing 18 of the rock-shaft. one end of the spring77-be= V lng secured in an aperture 78 provided there I for m the catch-plate 70,'and the other endof the spring being secured inalraperture 79 tach'ably fixed thereon by a pin 72 extending 115 adjacent the outer end of the slot, to receive by the recessed portion of the slot 75 in the p a te, and the proportions and arrangement 'ofl the slot 75 and its recess, and the proortions of the secondary lever 50, hand ever 48 and oblong slot 47 of the hand-lever are such that the inner free end 55 of the hand-lever may be brought into a position upon the upper edge of the catch-plate 70, between the lug 73 and the forward end of the plate, and when in this position the inner end 56 of the secondary lever will be brought into position in the recess in front of and a ainst the shoulder 76 of the slot 75 of the p ate. The oblong slot 47 of the hand-lever ermits the inner end of the hand'lever to he oscillated inwardly against the adjacent inclined wall 74 of the lug 73 of the catch plate, and to be brought into position upon the top wall of thellug, forcing the catchplate downwardly with respect to the secondar lever 50, and releasing the inner free end the secondary lever from engagement with the shoulder 76, whereupon the free end of the secondary lever will be drawn inwardly toward the rock-shaft in the slot 75 of the catch-plate and into engagement with the inner end wall of the slot which limits the inward movement of the secondary lever. This movement of the secondary lever takes up-,the lost secondary leverand the hand-lever and car ries the .-free end of-the hand-lever rear wardly to the inneiuend of the slot 61 in the guide standard (50.

From the above description it is evident that when it is desired to release the brake from the turn-table to start the talking ma chine, or, in other words, when it is desired to set the brake in an ino erative position, the handle 52 of the handever 48 is forced manually inwardly or toward the rock-shaft 20. This inward movement of the handle 52 takes up the lost motion between thehandlever and the stud 46 of the intermediate link 45, and this link is moved outwardly,- moving the pintle 36 of the toggle joint out- 'wardly against the action of the spring 65,

and swinging the brake-shoe inwardly and into mo erative osition. During this movement 0 the han -lever, the catch-plate 70. isheld in its lowermost position by the free endv of the secondary lever sliding against the lower wall of the slot 75 of the catch-plate, and the upper edge of the lug 73 of the catch-plate is maintained below the lower wall of the, slot 61 of the guide standard 60, until the free end of the secondary lever passes in front of and clears the shoals der 76 of the catch-plate, whereupon the free motion between the For manually releasing the brake, the

handle 52 of the hand-1 ever 48 is moved outwardly or away from the rock-shaft 20, whereupon the inner end of the handlever will act upon tlu inclined shoulder 74 of the catcl1plate and force it downwardly,

thus releasing the inn 21' end 56 of the secondary lever from engagement with the ab rupt shoulder 76 of tl 1e catch-plate, whereupon the inner end of the secondary lever will be drawn toward the rock-shaft 20 by the spring 65, taking up the lost motion between the secondary lever and the handlever, and moving tlu hand-lever with the secondary lever.

This movement of the secondary lever is transmitted through the link 45 to the pintle 37 of the toggle joint, and through the toggle joint to the brakepad 30, which is thus moved outwardly away from the axis of the turn-table and into engagement with the inner surface of its rfm. The brakepad is thus brought into engagement with the rim of the turn-table, befc re the secondary lever has completed its movement and before the pintle 37 of the ttggle jointhas beenrought to its dead or nter or into alinement with the outer ends 01 the links 35 and 38 of the joint.

The brake-pad having thus been brought into engagement witl the rim of the turntable, the secondary le ver continues its movement under the action of the spring until the free end of the seconc ary lever is brought to a stop against the em wall of the slot in the catch-plate. This arditional movement of the secondary lever a [tor the initial engagement of the brake-pad compresses the spiral s ring 42, surroundii the rear link 38 of t e toggle joint, and ibrces the free end of this link reanvardly through its bearing 39 in the plate 40, as ihown in Fi 3, thus gradually applying tie pressure '0 the frietion pad upon the rim of the turn-table".

For automatically applying the brake after it has been man uall set in an inoperative position, as heleto ore described, any suitable means maybe employed adapted to lJP- tLCtllklttKl by a movable part of the talking machine, to rotate tie rock-shaft 20, when desired, to swing the free end of the catch ,70 downwardly a sail eient distance to release" r gidly secured at its upper end to the under s1de of the tone arm 10, and terminating at wardly from the top of the motor casing the arm.

its lower end in the rear of the turn-table and in proximity to the upper surface of the top of the motor casing o the talking machine.

Arranged between this stud 80 and the collar 27 at the rear end of the rock-shaft 20, is a vertical pivot 81 which projects up;

an is rigidly secured thereto in any suitable manner; for instance, by having its lower portion extend through the'top, and having a nnt 82 threaded upon the lower end of the pivot and engaging against a washer 83 interposed between the nut and a counterbored seat 84 in the under side of the top, the pivot being also provided with a flat circular washer 85, rigidly secured thereto, concentric therewith, and bearing against the up per surface of the top of the casing.

Snugly, but rotata ly, mounted upon the upper portion of the pivot 81 is a sleeve 86, the lower face of which bears against the upper face of the washer 85. The upper portion of this s eeve is reduced in diameter to form a cylindrical bearing 87, coaxial with the pivot. Upon this bear-h1g8? is rotatively mounted one end of a substantial fiat horizontal arm 88, which extends rcarwardly from the pivot 81, and the outer end of which is bifurcated toform twofingers 89 and 90,-forming a horizontal yoke which may be arranged in the path of and to embrace the lower end of the stud 80 of the tone arm. This flat-arm is frictionally and adjustably retained in any desired position of rotation with respect to the pivot 81 by means of two friction washers 91 and 92 able material. One of these washers surrounds the sleeve 86, between the arm and the fiat, annular shoulder 93, formed be tween the lower portion and the upper reduced portion of the sleeve, and the other surrounds the reduced portion of thesleeve and is in engagement with the upper side of The arm 88 is yieldingly pressed between these two washers 91, 92, by means of a yielding spider 94, made of tempered steel or other suitable material, the arms 95 of which engage against the upper friction washer 92. The spider is ad ustably held in engagement with the upper friction washer,

v by means of a nut 96, which is threaded upon the upper end of the sleeve 86, the upper end'being preferably reduced for this'purpose to provide an annular shoulder 97 between the threaded portion and the main portion of the sleeve, against which the nut may be tightly clamped. The sleeve 86 is dctachably held against upward movement by-..a icap-screw 98, threaded into the upper end of the pivot, the head of the screw being clamped tightly against the end of'the pivot and overlapping loosely the upper end of made of fiber or leather, or other suit-- upper side of the top of the motor casing,

and this free end is provided with an 0 long slot 106, in which loosely stud 28, rigid with the collar 27 of the rockshaft 20.

By this construction the arm 88, carrying the fingers 89 and 90, is=c'onnected to the sleeve 86 with sufficient pressure to release the brake, through the action of the arm 99 and stud 28, without moving the yoke or fin ers 89 and 90 with respectto the sleeve 86. "he arm 88, however, may be easil and quickly moved into any desired 081- tion of adjustment with respect to the sleeve 86, by applying a pressure to its free and slightly in excess of the amount of pressure needed to release the brake fromiits catch. The arm ma that the stud wil be brought into engagement with the inner finger 89 of the arm at any desired point in the movement of the tone arm 10, to apply the brake auto;

matically, and the adjustment may obviously be made so that when the tone arm ath in playin fingers in its path across the record. After the brake has been oplied by the engagement of the stud 8 with the finger 89, as

heretofore described, the tone arm may then be swung freely outwardly to bring it into a starting position, and by a further outward movement the stud 80 may brough engagen'ient with the outer finger of the arm 88, to effect an outward adjustment of the arm with respect to its sleeve 86. The

engages the t into;

thus be adjusted so,

arm may thus be adjusted either inwardly or outwardly by the arm.

The stopping mechanism ma be setin two ways. The first is by swinging the tone arm 10 outwardly beyond therecord until the stud 80 engages the finger 90 and consequently lno 'es the inner finger89 to a po-' sition in wh eh itmust be engaged by the stud 80, wh n the tone arm 10 is swung inwardly. be ore the stylus is in alinement with thoinnermost convolution. The tone arm Ill is then swung inwardly until the stylua'ds in alincment with the innermost movement of 'the tone convolution of the record, whereupon the stud 80 will engage the finger 89 and turn the lever 88 upon its pivot, such motion being permitted by reason of the friction between the two arms 88 and 99. When the stylus is in alinement with the inner convolution of the recordythe finger 89 will have been automaticallyhdjusted to stopping position. The tone arm is .then swung outwardly until the stylus is in alinement with the outermost convolution of the record and in coming to such position the stud 80 will not have engaged the finger 90. The lever 52 is then operated to move the brake in to the position shown in Fig. 1 and the stylus placed in the outer end of the groove. After the tone arm 10 has swung again over the record by reason of the engagement of the needle with the groove of the record tablet, the stud 80 will again come into engagement with the finger 89 and moving ..it slightly will trip the braking IHBChZlIllElII and stop further rotation of the turntable. The engagement of the stud 80 with the finger 90 whenever the. swinging arm 10 is moved outwardly to a position in which the stylus is outside of the outermost convolution of the record tablet, is for the purpose of moving the inner finger 89 to a position in which it must be engaged by the stud 80, as the arm 10 is swung inwardly, before the stylus is in registration with the inner end of the record groove, thus enabling the operator to always set the device by the arm 10 to operate at the end of the reproduction of sound'of any selected record if he so desires, irrespective of the diameter of the inner convolution of the record groove.

The other way. of setting of the mechanism may be employed when the lever 88 is in such a position that the finger 89 would not be engaged by the stud when the stylus is in the innermost convolution of the sound record groove. The mechanismnnay then be set so that it will operate automatically at the end of the reproduction of sound from a particular record tablet by swinging the arm 10 to bring the stylus into alinement with the innermost convolution and then swinging the outer finger outwardly to move the lever 88 outwardly until the finger 89 is brought in engagement with the stud 80. After that the stylus is placed in the outer convolution and the brake plld 30 moved out of engagement with the tintable.

Asshown in Figs. 7 and 8 of the tliawings, the automatic features of the brake 'may be omitted from the brake herelnbefore described, without otherwise ohangin the constructlon or mode of operation -0 the brake, and the invention may thus be applied to provide a simple and effective nonautomatic-brake,

In thismodified form of the lnvention,

. in possible witl out departing 'from the sp rl 15 and upon opposite sides of the inner end 75 of the hand-lever :8, to limit the motion of movement of the 1' and-lever. It is thought that a further dezailed description of the construction and node of operation of this" modified form of the invention, is not neces- 50 sary, as all of the parts are numbered and have been fully described. hereinbefore' in describing the automatic form of the brake. In Figs. Band 10 is shown a'modified construction for imparting motion from the 35 swinging tone arm L0 to the mechanism for re- 'leasing the brake automatically. Thismechanism is similar to that illustrated in Figs.

2 and 7 of the dra'vings, but in this form of the device, the fin ers 89 and 90' of the 90 arm 88' are arranged substantially vertical instead of horizontal, and are mounted firmly upon the rock-shaft 20. In this form of the device, a disk 107' issecurely fastenedor attached to the rock-shaft 20, as by a pin 108, extending'through a flange or hub 109 on said (1 sk 107, and throughsaid rock-shaft. 20. Adjacent this disk 107', which is providel with a plane :face, is arranged the friction washer 91 loose on the shaft 20, and adja ent this washer 91' is the. arm 88', also looze on. the shaft 20. Ad-

jacent and beyond said arm ,88 isthe other washer 92', which is clamped or pressed against the arm 8% by the arms 95' of the 10s changes might be made in the constructions hereinbefore described, and that the im proved brake forming the subject-matter .of-

this application might be used-in connection witthh various. other ,machines besides the til in-g mzrclril'te, any or all of whiclrbe-E ofthis invmtioh or the scope of the appended Claims Having thus fully described this invention, I claim and desire to protect by Let- 3 ters Patent of the United States: h

1. A brake com irising frictional stopping means,- means fer moving said sto ip'ing means into initial operative position, andmeans cooperating withsai'd second mentinned means for auton'iaticall and radually applying the braking pressure 0 said stopping means after it has reached said position.

2. A brake comprising frictional stopping means, means for i'noving said stopping meansinto an -initial operative position, saidmeans including a toggle joint, and yielding i'neans surrounding one member of said joint for autmnaticallyapplying the braking pressure. of said stopping means after it has reached said position.

3!. A brake comprising a frictional brake member, yielding means for moving said brake member into initial operative position, and means actuated by said'yielding n Hans tomodify the braking pressure of said brake member after'it has reached its initial braking position.

4. A brake comprising a frictional brake member, yielding actuating means for moving said brake member into initial operative position, and secondary yielding means actuated by said first mentioned yielding means for modifying the pressure of said brake member ar'tcr it has reached said initial 130'- sition.

5. A brake comprising two links connected to form a' toggle joint, a brake-shoe lillIitL-l by one of said links, a spiral .spring surrounding the other of said links, said other link being longitudinally movable, and means for actuating said joint to apply said bralw-shoe, said spring being arranged to be compressed bythe. movement of said toggle joint after saidshoe has been applied, to gradually apply the braking pressure of said shoe.

6. Av brake comprising a brakemember, a :atch to hold said brake member in inoperative position, and means restrained to swing in a fixed plane only, to release said brake member from inoperative position,. said means being movable also to return said brake member to an inoperative position, where it will be. retained by said catch.

7. A b 'ake, comprising an actuating lever pivoted on afixed axisintermediate of its ends, a secondary lever pivoted coaxially with said'acluating lever, a brake member operatively connected to said secondary lover, a yielding catch adapted to engage said secondary lever to hold said brake member in; inoperative. position, and means for automatically actuating said secondary lever when released to apply said brake member, said actuating lever being operable to .release said secondary lever from said catch, and also to return said secondary leverinto inoperative position, where it will be ai itoi'natically retained by said catch.

8. A brake comprising an actuating lever pivoted intermediate of its ends on a. fixed axis, an arm pivoted coaxially with said lever, a brake member operatively connected to said arm, a. link pivoted to said arm, a second link, a pivot connecting said links to substantially form ato gle joint, a hearing in which said second link is slidable substantially longitudinally, yielding means acting longitudinally of said second link for controlling the. movement thereof, and an intern'iediate link having one end operatively connected to said toggle joint and its other end operatively connected to said actuating lever.

9. A brake, comprising an actuating lever, a. seeom'lary lever cooperating with said actuating lever, a brake-shoe, a catch arranged to engage said secondary lever to holdisaid shoe in inoperative position, and means for autoi'natically actuating said secondary le'ver when released to apply said brake-shoe, said actuating lever being operable to release said secondary lever from said catch, and also to return said secondary lever into inoperative position, where it will be retained by said catch.

10. A brake mechz'inism comprising a toggle joint consisting of two relatively movable links and a pivot connecting said links, a brake-shoe operatively connected to one of said links, a stationary support for the other of said links, yielding means acting on said stationary means and on said other of said links tending to move said pivot of said toggle joint away from said support, and means acting on said pivot of said toggle to bring said shoe into braking position, said yielding means acting on said shoe after said shoe is in braking position to gradually apply the brake pressure on said shoe.

11. A brake comprising two links connected to form a toggle joint, a brake shoe operatively connected to one of said links, yielding means surrounding the other of said links for exerting a pressure longitudinally thereof, said latter link being longitudinally movable, and means for substantially straightening said joint to apply said brake shoe.

12. A brake comprising frictional stopping means, a catch for holding said stopping means in inoperative position,- means -for moving said stopping means into initial operative position upon the release of said catch, and means actuated by said second mentioned means for gradually modifying the brake pressure of said sto ping means after it has reached said initialoperative position.

13. A. brake comprising a brake-shoe, a.

catch to hold said brake-shoe ininoperative position, and means havinga limited free movement independent of said brake-shoe to operate said catch to release said shoe from inoperative position, said means being movable also to return said brake-shoe to an inoperative position in which it is automati- -ally engaged by said catch.

14. In a brake mechanism. the combination with a rotary element, of a brake-shoe arranged to engage said element. means for moving said brake shoe into engagement with said element, and resilient means compressed by the movement of said first mentioned means and acting to gradually apply the pressure of said brake-shoe against said element after said brake-shoe has been brought into engagement with said element.

15. -A brake comprising two links connected to form a toggle joint. a brake-shoe operatively connected to one of said links. a bearing for the other of said links. yielding means acting on said other link aml tending to hold said toggle in its broken position. and means to straighten said toggle against the action of said yielding means to bring' said shoe into braking position.

16. In a brake. the combination of a brake member. a movable element operatively connected to said brake ua-mber. means acting on said element for moving said brake m'ein her to an operative position. means. includ ing -a catch. element. tor holding said brake member in an inoperative position. one of said elements being provided with a slot having a recess providing an internal shoulder, aml the other of said elements coiiperah ing with said slot, and being engaged by said shoulder to hold the brake member in an inoperative position. and means for operating said catch element to release the brake member.

17. A brake comprising a brake member, a catch to hold said brake llltllllKlI' in ino erative position, means to release said bra e from inoperative position, said means being mmable also to return said brake member to an inoperative position in which it is retained by said catch, and means to release said eatch independent of said first-mentinned .v means.

18. A brake. comprising an actuating 1e- 1,219,sao l ver. a secondary lever cooperating with said actuating lever, a biake shoe. a catch arranged to engage said secondary lever to hold said shoe in inoperative position. means for automatically actuating said secondary lever when released to apply said brake shoe. said actuating lever being operable ,to release said secondary lever from said "atch aml aho to return said secondary lever into inoperative position where it will be retained by said catch. aml means to release said secondary lever from said catch independently of said act iating lever.

12). A brake comprising a brake shoe, a catch to hold said brake shoe in inoperative position. means bavii g a limited lree movement imlcpcndent of said brake shoe to operate said catch to release said shoe from inoperative position. aid means being movable also to return said brake shoe to an inoperative position in which it is automatically engaged by said catch. and means independent oi' said first-mentioned m ans to operate said catch'to release said she: from in operative position.

it). In a brake mecl anism, the combination of a movable brake member, an actuating lever pivoted upon a ixed axis, a "secondary lever pivoted upon a fixed axis, said actuating lever being provided with a slot. means movable in said slot and operatively connected to said secondirylever t'or actuatin said brake member. a yielding catch adapter to engage said secondary lever to hold said brake member in inoperative position. and means for actuating said secondary lever when released from said catch, the slot in said actuating memb *r permitting a limited movement of said aetuating lever with re spect to said secondary lever to release said catch from said secom ary lever.

In witness whereof, I' have lierainto set my hand this 27th day of July. A. 1)., 1911.

VVILBURN N. DENNISON. \Vitnesses:

FRANK B. Mi'nmm'ox, Jr., CHARLES F. VfiLLAan. 

